The ban includes a vast range of products – among them flavored cigarettes, cigars, vaping items, pipe tobacco, and rolling papers. The flavors affected include menthol.

For the 2nd time in four years, KC officials are proposing to ban flavored tobacco products in an ordinance to curb tobacco use in teens.

A judge in Franklin County ruled on Friday that a new state law, which blocks cities from making their own rules on flavored tobacco sales, is unconstitutional.

For the second time in four years, Kansas City officials are proposing to ban flavored tobacco products in an ordinance intended to curb tobacco use in teenagers and communities of color.

California prohibited the sale of most flavored tobacco products in 2022 with some exceptions, such flavored premium cigars, loose leaf pipe tobacco and shisha used in hookah products.

In 2020, council members and business owners pushed back against the legislation saying it was too broad and didn’t account for products like flavored pipe tobacco and premium cigars that don’t appeal ...